Guardian Music — How to be a top music tweeter, plus PG Wodehouse and the Nazis and a Ghostbuster in EustonHow to be a top tweeterBob Lefsetz is a maverick, speaks-his-mind kind of guy, who every week whacks out a news-letter telling the music industry what he thinks... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Sammy Hagar appears to have written off any possibility of reteaming with Van Halen after revealing he no longer likes the brothers behind the band. The ex-Van Halen frontman tells Billboard. com he's "disappointed" with guitarist Eddie Van Ha... more info

ContactMusic — Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar still misses his former bandmates despite their acrimonious break-up. Hagar parted company with the Jump hitmakers in 1996 after 11 years as the group's frontman, claiming he had been fired after a bust-up with f... more info

ContactMusic — Van Halen's plans for a live comeback in Australia have been dealt a blow - the touring Soundwave Festival has been axed. The band was due to headline its first shows in three years in September (11), starting with a concert in Brisbane. The touring.... more info

Metalsucks — No disrespect to our pal Anso DF — I mean the guy’s a ridiculously studly writer and has darn near impeccable music taste, amirite? — but a new Van Halen album is hardly worth getting excited about. I mean, ok, maybe I’ll pop a little semi-st... more info

Metalsucks — Van Halen, featuring the young squire Van Halen (left); Mark Tremonti (inset) The reason that Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti is the world’s luckiest guy is not cuz he gets to party with amazing singer Scott Stapp 24/7. Nay, Tremonti is Lord Luckynut... more info

Guardian Music — Dutch hip-hop band De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig share their soundtrack to the city, from tears-in-your-beer cafe music to hyperactive dance beats, with a bit of Van Halen on the side• As featured in our Amsterdam city guideDavid Bowie, AmsterdamIs it ... more info

Metalsucks — Anyone who plays an instrument has moments of thanking Jeebus for all of his/her appendages & extremities.  So often we take for granted the simple inherent nature of having all (or most) of our natural human body parts and functions, and it can be ... more info

Guardian Music — From Young Dirty Bastard to Wolfgang Van Halen, musical offspring are following in their rock star folks' footstepsIt's the tragic dilemma that some bands are faced with: how to carry on when one of your members has died. When Wu Tang Clan lost their... more info

Guardian Music — May 1976: Number 32 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicThirty-five years ago, a four-piece American guitar band set about changing rock music for ever. They took their name from a brotherly relationship; they had a goofy, ... more info